Your message dated Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:55:00 +0000
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and subject line Package gift has been removed from Debian
has caused the Debian Bug report #544006,
regarding giftd: gift-setup - Q: protocol plugins to load by default (impossible)
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Package: giftd
Version: 0.11.8.1-2+b2
Severity: normal
While running gift-setup, there is question:
#############################################################################
Colon separated list of protocol plugins to load by default. If dynamic
library support is enabled, the plugin specified will be stat'd to check if
it is a loadable path. If that fails, the fallback method is to attempt to
construct the fully qualified path based on the configured environment.
NOTES:
Without dynamic library support, this plugin must have been compiled into
your giFT binary. With, this plugin must exist in the installed
plugin directory. giFT -V will output this path to you, if you are not
sure.
Protocol names are case sensitive, so use OpenFT, not Openft.
For example, to use the OpenFT and Gnutella protocols use:
OpenFT:Gnutella
Default: none
The help suggests running program that not exist:
$ giFT -V
bash: giFT: command not found
The help also doesn't say, that it is not possible to run
rhat command -- even if it existed -- when running the setup
for the first time. From /usr/share/doc/giftd/QUICKSTART.gz
SETUP
=====
...
Please make sure to select the plugins you wish to load in the configuration
unless you plan to override on the command line using the --protocol (or -p)
switch. For a list of available plugins you can use the --version (or -V)
>> switch, although this cannot be used until after a basic functioning
>> giftd.conf is in place (whacky internal design, sorry). Be sure to run
gift-setup again after you install each additional plugin so that you can be
certain it is properly configured!
SUGGESTION
1. Please patch the gift-setup to announce correct command
2. Please patch the help (and take it to upstream) to say, that
if this is the first time configuration, you can't run that command.
Suggest to type "OpenFT" and change it later in ~/.giFT/giftd.conf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages giftd depends on:
ii libc6 2.9-23 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgift0 0.11.8.1-2+b2 helper library for various giFT co
ii libgiftproto0 0.11.8.1-2+b2 interface library for giFT and pro
ii libltdl7 2.2.6a-4 A system independent dlopen wrappe
ii libogg0 1.1.4~dfsg-1 Ogg bitstream library
ii libvorbis0a 1.2.0.dfsg-6 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
ii libvorbisfile3 1.2.0.dfsg-6 The Vorbis General Audio Compressi
Versions of packages giftd recommends:
ii giftcurs [gift-client] 0.6.2-6 text-based interface to the giFT f
ii giftoxic [gift-client] 0.0.10-4 GTK2 based GUI for the giFT filesh
ii giftui [gift-client] 0.4.1-9 Graphical user interface to giFT u
ii libgnutella-gift [gift-plugi 0.0.10.1-1 giFT plugin for the Gnutella netwo
ii libopenft-gift [gift-plugin] 0.2.1.6-2.1 giFT plugin for the OpenFT network
giftd suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information

Version: 0.11.8.1-3+rm
You filed the bug http://bugs.debian.org/544006 in Debian BTS
against the package gift. I'm closing it at *unstable*, but it will
remain open for older distributions.
For more information about this package's removal, read
http://bugs.debian.org/595572. That bug might give the reasons why
this package was removed and suggestions of possible replacements.
Don't hesitate to reply to this mail if you have any question.
Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
--
Luca Falavigna